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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-22 at 16:25

In the 2024 US election, the Democrats ran on the premise that the average American was doing well under Biden's administration. This is true. It is also true that, weighted by dollars, the average American is a millionaire.

The mean is not the median.

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-21 at 14:59

Office hours will be open today 4:30-5:30 Eastern on zoom. I've already had some questions about how to join and use Mastodon, so that's a likely topic.

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-15 at 02:53

@mwl Q: what's the difference between the different versions of TLS Mastery?

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-07 at 21:37

Office hours are open!

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-06 at 19:33

[#]Python #ProTip: Calling open() with file mode 'x' will create a new file for writing, but will raise an exception if the filename already exists, rather than overwriting it.

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2025-01-04 at 17:15

Happy #Caturday from #FluffingtonBBallTheBIsForBaby

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-12-24 at 20:02

My life in three acts (so far):

  1. Things are pretty messed up.

  1. But we know how to fix them!

  1. Why are we doing the exact opposite?!

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-12-06 at 14:26

[#]FollowFriday suggestions. I'm trying to follow more people who talk about things other than tech. What are your suggestions? Here are mine:

COVID and Disability Rights:

@luckytran

@plaguepoems

disability@a.gup.pe (de-atted to not spam the group)

Science

@acollierastro

@rebeccawatson

Sci-Fi

@scalzi

Drystone Walls

@kristiedegaris

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-12-03 at 15:25

Some suggestions for #GivingTuesday

The National Lawyers Guild provides legal support to progressive causes and runs a Legal Observer program to protect the civil rights of protestors from police abuse.

https://www.nlg.org/donate/

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-12-03 at 02:59

I've recently been enjoying "Eat Bake Sing" on YouTube, who sings traditional English folks songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bsmOsAVdqk&pp=ygUZc29uZyBvZiB0aGUgbG93ZXIgY2xhc3Nlcw%3D%3D #MusicMonday

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-11-19 at 18:10

The problem with the #fediverse / mastodon is that it's not constantly pinging your brain's reward pathway and causing outrage, and it's terrible for influencers. Anyway, I love it here.

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-11-18 at 22:25

Reminder: I hold informal weekly "office hours" Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 PM (US Eastern), I'll be on zoom, happy to discuss/help with:

Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81787501521

Passcode: 805246

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-11-12 at 19:04

Trying out a new thing. Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM (US Eastern), I'll be on zoom, happy to discuss/help with:

Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81787501521

Passcode: 805246

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-11-09 at 16:28

I finally got my Extra class license!

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-10-23 at 19:37

A recent NYT article criticizes the University of Michigan for mishandling DEI issues, despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on it.

I wrote about my own experience as a disabled student at UMich as part of the Accessing Disability Culture anthology.

https://www.disconetwork.org/accessing-disability-culture-anthology-/inclusion-reinterpreted

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-09-19 at 16:46

Any System76 users have recommendations for where to get additional chargers for an Oryx Pro, other than the official site?

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-09-04 at 17:33

[#]Academia and #FOSS folks: does anyone have experience with research groups contributing financially to the FOSS projects they depend on? Does this even happen? What do the bureaucratic and organizational processes look like?

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-07-21 at 14:57

Moss terrarium is doing well. #Mosstodon

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-05-21 at 14:49

"There is no place for violence or intimidation" says #UMich president Santa Ono, before sending people with batons and pepper spray to beat, hospitalize, and arrest peaceful protestors. https://www.michiganpublic.org/social-justice/2024-05-21/ann-arbor-police-clear-encampment-on-um-diag

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Written by Edward L Platt on 2024-05-19 at 14:56

Just learned about @pyOpenSci : "We support the scientific Python tools that drive open science through peer review, training and community building. " #PyConUS

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